The US Africa Command, AFRICOM, has conducted an airstrike targeting ISIS-Somalia militants in the Baallade stream in the Calmiskaad Mountains, Bari region.

A brief press release from AFRICOM said the strike took place approximately 70 km southeast of the city of Bosaso.

AFRICOM, working with the Federal Government of Somalia and the Somali National Army, said it will continue to work to degrade ISIS-Somalia’s capabilities to prevent them from posing a threat to the United States, US forces, and US citizens abroad.

The US government did not provide details on the casualties from the airstrike targeting ISIS hideouts in the Calmiskaad Mountains.

The strike comes as the Puntland administration has scaled back military operations against ISIS in the Calmiskaad Mountains, with forces fighting the group being withdrawn from there.

Puntland said a small number of ISIS fighters remained trapped in the Al-Qaida mountains, cut off from their usual food and livestock supplies.

The United States has also provided Puntland with extensive airstrikes and intelligence support in its fight against ISIS, which has been ongoing in the Al-Qaida mountains for more than a year.

Taliska Ciidamada Mareykanka ee Afrika, AFRICOM, ayaa duqeyn cirka ah ku beegsaday fariisimo ay ku sugnaayeen dagaalyahanno ka tirsan ISIS-Somalia oo ku yaalla togga Baallade ee Buuraha Calmiskaad, gobolka Bari.



War-saxaafadeed kooban oo kasoo baxay AFRICOM ayaa lagu sheegay in duqeynta ay ka dhacday meel qiyaastii 70 km koonfur-bari kaga beegan magaalada Boosaaso.



AFRICOM oo kaashanaya Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya iyo Ciidamada Qalabka Sida ee Soomaaliya ayaa sheegay inay sii wadi doonaan howlaha lagu wiiqayo awoodda ISIS-Somalia, si looga hortago khatar ay ku yeeshaan gudaha Mareykanka, ciidamada Mareykanka iyo muwaadiniinta Mareykanka ee ku sugan dibadda.



Dowladda Mareykanka wax faahfaahin ah kama bixin khasaaraha ka dhashay duqeynta lala beegsaday saldhigyada kooxda Daacish ee ku dhuumaaleysanaya buuraleyda Calmiskaad.



Duqeyntan ayaa kusoo aadeysa xilli maamulka Puntland uu hoos u dhigay howlgaladii militari ee ka dhanka ahaa kooxda Daacish ee ka socday Calmiskaad, iyadoo ciidamadii halkaasi kula dagaallamayay kooxda dib looga soo saaray.



Puntland ayaa sheegtay in tiro yar oo firxad ah oo ka tirsan Daacish ay weli ku go’doonsan yihiin Calmiskaad, isla markaana laga jaray sahaydii ay ka heli jireen dad si qarsoodi ah ugu gudbin jiray raashin iyo xoolo.



Mareykanka ayaa sidoo kale taageero ballaaran oo dhinaca duqeymaha cirka iyo xogta sirdoonka ah siiya Puntland dagaalka ay kula jirto Daacish, kaas oo in ka badan hal sano ka socday buuraha Calmiskaad.